Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- I A Methodical Account of Earthquakes
- II Of the Nature of Earthquakes
- III Discourses concerning Earthquakes
- IV Earthquakes caused by some accidental Obstruction of a continual subterranean Heat
- V A Physico-chymical Explanation of subterraneous Fires, Earthquakes, &c
- VI Of the Volcanos and Earthquakes in Peru
- VII The Natural History of Volcanos and Earthquakes
- VIII A Summary of the Causes of the Alterations which have happened to the Face of the Earth
- IX Some Considerations on the Causes of Earthquakes
- X The Philosophy of Earthquakes
- Phœnomena of the Great Earthquake of November 1, 1755, in various Parts of the Globe
- The vast Extent of the fame
- ERRATA
- INDEX
- CONJECTURES CONCERNING THE CAUSE, AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE PHÆNOMENA of EARTHQUAKES
Phœnomena of the Great Earthquake of November 1, 1755, in various Parts of the Globe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- I A Methodical Account of Earthquakes
- II Of the Nature of Earthquakes
- III Discourses concerning Earthquakes
- IV Earthquakes caused by some accidental Obstruction of a continual subterranean Heat
- V A Physico-chymical Explanation of subterraneous Fires, Earthquakes, &c
- VI Of the Volcanos and Earthquakes in Peru
- VII The Natural History of Volcanos and Earthquakes
- VIII A Summary of the Causes of the Alterations which have happened to the Face of the Earth
- IX Some Considerations on the Causes of Earthquakes
- X The Philosophy of Earthquakes
- Phœnomena of the Great Earthquake of November 1, 1755, in various Parts of the Globe
- The vast Extent of the fame
- ERRATA
- INDEX
- CONJECTURES CONCERNING THE CAUSE, AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE PHÆNOMENA of EARTHQUAKES
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- The History and Philosophy of EarthquakesAccompanied by John Michell's 'Conjectures Concerning the Cause, and Observations upon the Phænomena of Earthquakes', pp. 280 - 333Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013